Me...Run? Yes I did.

Yesterday, Trixie & I ran in the Fremont Brew HaHa 5k run. Actually, I think that "jogged" is a more appropriate description of what we actually did. But, I did "jog" the entire run (which was the goal I had set for myself.) *Yea!* for me for meeting my goal!!!!!! I went with Nate's line of thinking, which is "all you have to do is not stop." I think he's on to something...

Squaring Off

I have 2 different designs of squares for my quilt & I got the first set of squares all sewn together tonight - yea! The quilt's not going to be laid out like this, I just wanted to see what they would look like if they all (less one square that I left on the ironing board) would look like. I think I'm glad that I decided to go with wonky squares & I'm glad that I was able to actually get them wonky. Usually, I'm not good at that & need Nate's help to add a little randomness since I'm much more apt to lay things out in a pattern.

Here's what the squares look like thus far:

So far, so good!

Quick Knitting Project

I saw this exact muffler at the yarn shop up the street & had to make one for myself - it'll be perfect to wear with my down jacket since scarves & down = too much bulk. It's soft, thick & lovely.

Love it!

New Crafty Wonderness

On to the next project...a quilt. I've gotten most of the fabric cut & I really have no idea what I'm doing after that. Rather than follow a pattern out of the awesome new book I got, I decided to try to mimic a quilt that I saw in a Pottery Barn catalog. I'm hoping that I can get some quilting guidance from the book since I've never made one before. We'll see how that goes. It's so not unlike me to bite off more than I can chew.

Here are the un-sewn squares for the quilt:

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Fruits (actually 'vegetables') of my Labor

I've been meaning to post some pics of some of my lovely produce from this summer...

GREEN ONIONS

LETTUCE

OKEE-DOKEE ARTICHOKEY

PEPPERS

LOTS & LOTS OF TOMATOES

CORN

CARROTS FOR FALL

Photo of my Sweater

Finally...here's a picture of my completed sweater. I love it! It's very warm and thick, so I still have awhile before I can wear it, but that's okay by me.

Ta-Da...


Here's a hat that I made recently, too. Super cute:

Tina - 1 / Mt. St. Helens - 0

We did it! We left around 5:30 yesterday morning and headed to the mountain. The first 2 miles of the trek was pretty much a nice stroll through the woods. But, right after we broke out of the timberline, and the hike got tougher, it started pouring. The rest of the climb was pretty much a scramble or hiking up loose, ashy, soil. The last bit of the hike was the hardest - very steep & the soil was just really mushy, so it was a tough. Once we made it to the summit & could see over the rim of the crater, the view was stunning. Here are some pictures...







On the way down, we came across a guy who had rolled his ankle & his friends had gone on without him, so he asked if he could go down with us. We obviously said that he could, so it ended up taking us a bit longer than it would have if we would have been able to go at a normal pace. It was fine though - we were both glad to be able to help out.
I was pretty sore today, but got a massage at lunch & then went to the gym tonight to keep myself moving. Surprisingly, it felt pretty good.
Mission accomplished. Next one on the list - Mt. Adams.